Fitting Hearing Aids to Babies: Three Things You Should Know
Course: #5559Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 1 Review
This course focuses on three areas related to pediatric hearing aid fittings: (a) fitting based on electrophysiological threshold predictions; (b) new norms for baby ear canal resonances; (c) competent use of fitting software specifically for babies.
Learning Outcomes
- Participants will be able to discuss how to use ABR or ASSR thresholds to fit hearing aids.
- Participants will be able to describe baby-friendly procedures to make real-ear measurements.
- Participants will be able to describe the necessity of verifying each pediatric hearing aid fitting.
Course created on March 21, 2006
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Presented By
Susan Scollie
PhD
Associate Professor and a Faculty Scholar, National Centre for Audiology, Western University
Dr. Susan Scollie is an Associate Professor at the National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario. With colleagues, she developed version 5.0 of the DSL method for hearing aid fitting. Her current research focuses on frequency compression signal processing, and outcomes of hearing aids for infants, children and adults.
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